The team of five Hungarians and one French national includes architects, an engineer, a cinematographer and an archaeologist. They will pay the cost of their journey themselves, but are soliciting donations for building materials to make urgent repairs at the monastery.
Balázs Irimiás, one of the expedition's members, visited the site in 2007 and said it was in danger of collapse.
The local ruler Gyalses Nima Norboo Namgyal Ldey, who owns the land where the monastery stands, will provide the expedition with accommodation and will recruit workers to complete the project.
De Körös (1784-1842) stayed in the monastery for 16 months in 1823 and 1824 to study the Tibetan language. Ervin Baktay retraced De Körös's route on an expedition in 1926-1929 and identified the room from the inscription on the door: "Csoma's room".
Source: Múlt-kor / Hungarian News Agency (MTI)
